Motion Picture Exhibitor, June 26, 1957: “Milgram Buying and Booking Service will handle the new Ewing Drive-In, Trenton, N. J., for Dave Glickman, when it opens on June 27th.”
Budco Quality Theatres acquired the Ewing in 1966, per a note in the July 18 issue of Boxoffice.
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Larry Thomas, 20th Century-Fox booker, has resigned to become manager and part owner with Paul Enright, 20th-Fox booker, of the 400-car Champaign Auto Drive-In, Urbana, formerly operated by Guy Spangler.”
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Here (in Oklahoma City) on theatre business from Pauls Valley were L. E. Brewer, a veteran exhibitor, and his son Mike. L. E. announced that the entire job of running the family’s two theatres, the Royal Theatre and the Brewer Drive-In, is being turned over to Mike.”
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Fun-Lan in Edgewater.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Boulevard in “De Land.”
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the No. 1 in South Daytona.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Joy-Lan in Dade City. I wonder when (if?) Floyd got it back.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Dale in Auburndale.
Looking through 1949 issues of the Eldon Advertiser, I can’t find any mention of a local drive-in, even though the indoor Tom’s Theatre and later the Grand Glaize Drive-In are there. I also checked some decent 1948 USGS aerial photos and didn’t see anything obvious. (That promising shape that Kenmore noted was empty land in ‘48.) I wonder whether the Film Daily Year Book got it wrong in 1947, or if it was some kind of backyard, temporary drive-in.
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Highway 90 Drive-In at nearby Baldwin was relinquished Wednesday (18) by its long-time owner and operator Robert R. Totman. The airer was acquired by Harry Clark and Dave Roper, both of Jacksonville”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “The screen at the General Cinema Corp.’s first-run Meadows Drive-In toppled in a rainstorm, causing the theatre to close for five nights. The 2,070-car capacity Meadows is largest drive-in in Connecticut”
Weird note in the Feb. 16, 1970 issue of Boxoffice. The address is real but not near the drive-in - only on Youngstown, where it’s always been just a house in a residential neighborhood. Maybe it’s the owner’s home? But AFAIK, there is only one drive-in that matches the name, and it’s in Middleburg Heights.
“YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - The Pearl Road Drive-In, 525 Glacierview Dr., is out of business. It last was operated by A. H. Stromeier.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Norton of Caldwell, Kas., were in (Oklahoma City) to confer with their agent Athel Boyter about the forthcoming seaso for their Bi-State Drive-In, located just this side of the Oklahoma-Kansas line. Fielding is also negotiating for a new screen tower to replace one destroyed by a storm in September. Otherwise, he told Boyter, his drive-in is in excellent condition for the new season.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “LAKE WALES, FLA. - A 350-car drive-in west of town, closed for several years, is being renovated for a spring opening by Floyd Enterprises, which purchased the property from Talgar Theatres. Named the Wales when it was last in operation, the airer is being resurfaced, a new snack bar and restrooms facilities installed and the screen widened to accommodate a 70x35-foor picture. Completely new equipment is being installed in the projection booth.”
According to the Feb. 16, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, a shopping center was planned for the old Ridge Road Drive-In site at the northeast corner of Ridge Road and Cline Avenue. Developers were going to move the drive-in north “near the Colonial Golf Center” to make room for the shopping center.
But a 1973 aerial photo showed a drive-in at the same place as in the 1951 photo, so never mind?
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “CAMPBELL, CALIF. - The city planning commission was slated to consider the deferred request of Syufy Enterprises for a zone change and use permit to allow a third screen for the Winchester Drive-In to be installed on property adjacent to the present airer at its mid-January meeting.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “Manuel Duarte’s Hecker Pass Drive-In reopened recently with plans to feature American movies on Fridays and Saturdays and Spanish-language films on Sundays. During the opening weekend every car received a ticket for a free car wash.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Twin-Aire West Drive-In on Clinton Highway has been opened as the companion theatre to Twin-Aire East, which has been in operation since last fall. Twin-Aire West, which has a capacity of 512 speakers and 250 in-car heaters, was unveiled Christmas night with a cartoon carnival, "True Grit” and “My Side of the Mountain.” The other section of the Twin-Aire has speakers for 600 cars and 300 in-car heaters."
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Richard L. Davis has sold his 50 per cent interest in four theatres to Heartland Cinema Co. of Des Moines. The houses involved are the Wakonda Arcade Theatre, Des Moines; the Twixt-Town Drive-In, Marion, and the Century Cinema I and II in Ames.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Richard L. Davis … recently leased to Robert Fridley Theatres two Des Moines indoor houses, Eastgate Cinema I and II, and the Plantation Drive-In.”
Motion Picture Exhibitor, June 26, 1957: “Milgram Buying and Booking Service will handle the new Ewing Drive-In, Trenton, N. J., for Dave Glickman, when it opens on June 27th.”
Budco Quality Theatres acquired the Ewing in 1966, per a note in the July 18 issue of Boxoffice.
Not sure who renamed this drive-in, or when.
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Larry Thomas, 20th Century-Fox booker, has resigned to become manager and part owner with Paul Enright, 20th-Fox booker, of the 400-car Champaign Auto Drive-In, Urbana, formerly operated by Guy Spangler.”
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Here (in Oklahoma City) on theatre business from Pauls Valley were L. E. Brewer, a veteran exhibitor, and his son Mike. L. E. announced that the entire job of running the family’s two theatres, the Royal Theatre and the Brewer Drive-In, is being turned over to Mike.”
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Fun-Lan in Edgewater.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Boulevard in “De Land.”
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the No. 1 in South Daytona.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Joy-Lan in Dade City. I wonder when (if?) Floyd got it back.
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Dale in Auburndale.
Looking through 1949 issues of the Eldon Advertiser, I can’t find any mention of a local drive-in, even though the indoor Tom’s Theatre and later the Grand Glaize Drive-In are there. I also checked some decent 1948 USGS aerial photos and didn’t see anything obvious. (That promising shape that Kenmore noted was empty land in ‘48.) I wonder whether the Film Daily Year Book got it wrong in 1947, or if it was some kind of backyard, temporary drive-in.
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Fred Hickman, Windsor exhibitor, … took over the Corral Drive-In, Eldon, from Tom Edwards, effective February 19.”
Boxoffice, March 2, 1970: “Norman Edwards, Branson exhibitor, has closed and dismantled his Branson Drive-In.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Highway 90 Drive-In at nearby Baldwin was relinquished Wednesday (18) by its long-time owner and operator Robert R. Totman. The airer was acquired by Harry Clark and Dave Roper, both of Jacksonville”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “The screen at the General Cinema Corp.’s first-run Meadows Drive-In toppled in a rainstorm, causing the theatre to close for five nights. The 2,070-car capacity Meadows is largest drive-in in Connecticut”
Weird note in the Feb. 16, 1970 issue of Boxoffice. The address is real but not near the drive-in - only on Youngstown, where it’s always been just a house in a residential neighborhood. Maybe it’s the owner’s home? But AFAIK, there is only one drive-in that matches the name, and it’s in Middleburg Heights.
“YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - The Pearl Road Drive-In, 525 Glacierview Dr., is out of business. It last was operated by A. H. Stromeier.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Norton of Caldwell, Kas., were in (Oklahoma City) to confer with their agent Athel Boyter about the forthcoming seaso for their Bi-State Drive-In, located just this side of the Oklahoma-Kansas line. Fielding is also negotiating for a new screen tower to replace one destroyed by a storm in September. Otherwise, he told Boyter, his drive-in is in excellent condition for the new season.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “LAKE WALES, FLA. - A 350-car drive-in west of town, closed for several years, is being renovated for a spring opening by Floyd Enterprises, which purchased the property from Talgar Theatres. Named the Wales when it was last in operation, the airer is being resurfaced, a new snack bar and restrooms facilities installed and the screen widened to accommodate a 70x35-foor picture. Completely new equipment is being installed in the projection booth.”
According to the Feb. 16, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, a shopping center was planned for the old Ridge Road Drive-In site at the northeast corner of Ridge Road and Cline Avenue. Developers were going to move the drive-in north “near the Colonial Golf Center” to make room for the shopping center.
But a 1973 aerial photo showed a drive-in at the same place as in the 1951 photo, so never mind?
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “CAMPBELL, CALIF. - The city planning commission was slated to consider the deferred request of Syufy Enterprises for a zone change and use permit to allow a third screen for the Winchester Drive-In to be installed on property adjacent to the present airer at its mid-January meeting.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 16, 1970: “Manuel Duarte’s Hecker Pass Drive-In reopened recently with plans to feature American movies on Fridays and Saturdays and Spanish-language films on Sundays. During the opening weekend every car received a ticket for a free car wash.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Twin-Aire West Drive-In on Clinton Highway has been opened as the companion theatre to Twin-Aire East, which has been in operation since last fall. Twin-Aire West, which has a capacity of 512 speakers and 250 in-car heaters, was unveiled Christmas night with a cartoon carnival, "True Grit” and “My Side of the Mountain.” The other section of the Twin-Aire has speakers for 600 cars and 300 in-car heaters."
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Richard L. Davis has sold his 50 per cent interest in four theatres to Heartland Cinema Co. of Des Moines. The houses involved are the Wakonda Arcade Theatre, Des Moines; the Twixt-Town Drive-In, Marion, and the Century Cinema I and II in Ames.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1970: “Richard L. Davis … recently leased to Robert Fridley Theatres two Des Moines indoor houses, Eastgate Cinema I and II, and the Plantation Drive-In.”